Chutima Boonthum Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Hampton University, Hampton VA 23668 E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computational Linguistics (CL), Information Retrieval (IR), Cognitive Robotics (CR), Assessment Tool and Feedback Systems, Web-Development & Technology DEGREES Degree Discipline Institution Year GPA Ph.D. Computer Science Old Dominion University, 2007, May 3.94 Norfolk, VA-23529 M.S. Applied Computer Science Illinois State University, 2000, May 3.93 Normal, IL-61790 B.S. (1st Class Honor) Computer Science Srinakharinwirot University, 1997, March 3.86 Bangkok, THAILAND EXPERIENCE: Rank/Position Department/Division Institution/Organization Period Assistant Professor Computer Science Hampton University August 2006 - Current Hampton, VA 23668 Research Consultant Computer Science Old Dominion University August 2006 – December 2007 Norfolk, VA 23529 Senior Research Assistant Computer Science Old Dominion University August 2002 – August 2006 Norfolk, VA 23529 Graduate Research Assistant Computer Science Old Dominion University August 2000 – August 2002 Norfolk, VA 23529 Advising Assistant Computer Science Old Dominion University August 2002 – August 2006 Norfolk, VA 23529 Teaching Assistant Applied Computer Science Illinois State University August 1998 – August 2000 Normal, IL 61790 Lecturer Computer Science Srinakharinwirot University May 1997 – August 1998 Bangkok, THAILAND PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Boonthum, C., Levinstein, I.B, & McNamara, D. S. (2006) Evaluating Self-Explanations in iSTART: Word Matching, Latent Semantic Analysis, and Topic Models. In A. Kao & S. Poteet (Eds.), Text Mining and Natural Language Processing, Springer. 91-106. McNamara, D. S., Boonthum, C., Levinstein, I. B. & Millis, K. (2007). Evaluating Self-Explanations in iSTART: Comparing Word-based and LSA Systems. In T. Landauer, D. S. McNamara, S. Dennis, & W. Kintsch (Eds.), LSA: A Road to Meaning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 227-241. Boonthum, C., Wang, L., Olariu, S., and Zomaya, A. (2007). Wireless Networks: Opportunities for Infrastructure-related Optimization. UNESCO-EOLSS (Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems). McNamara, D. S., O’Reilly, T., Rowe, M., Boonthum, C., & Levinstein, I. B. (2007). iSTART: A Web-Based Tutor that Teaches Self-Explanation and Metacognitive Reading Strategies. In D. S. McNamara (Ed.), Reading Comprehension Strategies: Theories, Interventions, and Technologies. 397-420. Boonthum, C., Levinstein, I.B., McNamara, D.S., Magliano, J.P., and Millis, K.K. (Abstract Accepted). Natural Language Processing Techniques as Tools for Assessing Reading Strategy and Comprehension. In J. Rabunal, J. Dorado, & A. Pazos (Eds), Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence. Information Science Reference: PA. The full submission due May 31, 2007. Journals McNamara, D. S. Levinstein, I. B. & Boonthum, C. (2004). iSTART: Interactive Strategy Trainer for Active Reading and Thinking. Submitted to Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 36 (2), 222-233. Boonthum, C., Levinstein, I.B., Olariu, S., Pigli, E., Shurkova, E., and Zomaya, A.Y. (2007). Mobile computing: Opportunities for optimization research. Computer Communications 30 (4), 670-684. Levinstein, I.B., Boonthum, C., Pillarisetti, S.P., and McNamara, D.S. (Accepted). iSTART 2: Improvements for Efficiency and Effectiveness. Behavior Research Methods Instruments and Computers. Gilliam, S., Magliano, J.P., Millis, K.K., Levinstein, I.B., and Boonthum, C. (Accepted). Assessing the format of the presentation of text in developing a Reading Strategy Assessment Tool (R-SAT). Behavior Research Methods Instruments and Computers. Magliano, J.P., Millis, K.K., The NIU R-SAT Development Team, Levinstein, I.B., and Boonthum, C. (Submitted). Assessing Comprehension Strategies and Performance with the Reading Strategies Assessment Tool (R-SAT). The Journal of Educational Psychology. Refereed Proceedings Levinstein, I. B., McNamara, D. S., Boonthum, C., Pillarisetti, S. P., & Yadavalli, K. (2003). Web-Based Intervention for Higher-Order Reading Skills. Proceeding of the ED-MEDIA 2003 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, 835-841. Boonthum, C. (2004). iSTART: Paraphrase Recognition. Proceedings of the Student Research Workshop: ACL 2004. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics, Barcelona, Spain. 31-36. Boonthum, C., Toida, S., & Levinstein, I. B. (2005). Sense Disambiguation for Preposition ‘with’. Proceedings of the Second ACL-SIGSEM Workshop on “The Linguistic Dimensions of Prepositions and their Use in Computational Linguistic Formalisms and Applications”, University of Essex – Colchester, United Kingdom. 153-162. Boonthum, C., Toida, S., & Levinstein, I. B. (2006) Preposition Senses: Generalized Disambiguation Model. Proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing (CICLing-2006), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag GmbH. 196-207. Boonthum, C., Levinstein, I.B., Olariu, E., & Zomaya, A. Y. (2006) Algorithmic Issues in Mobile Infrastructure-Based Communications. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Networks and Communication Systems (NCS- 2006), Chiang Mai, Thailand. Boonthum, C., Levinstein, I.B., Olariu, S, Wang, L., & Xu, Q. (2006) Assurance-aware Self-organization of Sensor Networks. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Networks and Communication Systems (NCS-2006), Chiang Mai, Thailand. Non-Refereed Proceedings Magliano, J.P., Millis, K.K., Levinstein, I.B., and Boonthum, C. (2005). Developing the Reading Strategy Assessment Tool (R- SAT). In the Proceeding of Society for Computers in Psychology, November 2005, Toronto, Canada. McNamara, D.S., Levinstein, I.B., Sinclair, G., O’Reilly, T., Ozuru, Y., Best, R., Taylor, R., Rowe, M., Boonthum, C., and Pillarisetti, S. (2006). iSTART: An Automated Reading Strategy Tutor that helps students understand difficult texts. In the Proceeding of Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, July 2006, Vancouver, Canada. Magliano, J.P., Millis, K.K., Levinstein, I.B., and Boonthum, C. (2006). Validating the Reading Strategy Assessment Tool (R- SAT). In the Proceeding of Society for Text and Discourse, July 2006, Minneapolis, MN. Magliano, J.P., Millis, K.K., Gilliam, S., Levinstein, I.B., and Boonthum, C. (2006). Assessing Reading Comprehension with Verbal Protocols and Latent Semantic Analysis. In the Proceeding of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 2006, Houston, TX. Gilliam, S., Magliano, J.P., Millis, K.K., Levinstein, I.B., and Boonthum, C. (2006). Assessing the format of the presentation of text in developing a Reading Strategy Assessment Tool (R-SAT). In the Proceeding of Society for Computers in Psychology, November 2006, Houston, TX. Levinstein, I.B., Boonthum, C., Pillarisetti, S.P., and McNamara, D.S. (2006). iSTART 2: Improvements for Efficiency and Effectiveness. In the Proceeding of Society for Computers in Psychology, November 2006, Houston, TX. Magliano, J.P., Millis, K.K., Gilliam, S., Levinstein, I.B., and Boonthum, C. (2007). Validating the Reading Strategy Assessment Tool (R-SAT). Invited for Special Interest Group on “Comprehension of Text and Graphics”, at the 12th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, August 2007, Budapest, Hungary. C. Boonthum - 2 Technical Reports Boonthum, C., Toida, S., & Levinstein, I.B. (2003). Paraphrase Recognition through Conceptual Graph. Tech. Rep., Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University. Boonthum, C. (2004). iSTART: Paraphrase Recognition. Doctoral Dissertation Proposal, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University. Boonthum, C. (2007). Diagnosing Reading Strategies: Paraphrase Recognition. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University. Oral/Poster Presentations 2003, January. “Some comparisons of ODU Word-Based System to the LSA System”– Memphis LSA Workshop on “Providing Self Explanation Feedback in iSTART: LSA and Beyond”, University of Memphis, TN. 2004, May. “Evaluating Self-Explanations in iSTART: Comparing Word-based and LSA Systems” (with Danielle McNamara, Irwin Levinstein, and Keith Millis) LSA Workshop for “LSA: A Road to Meaning”, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado. 2004, July– “iSTART: Paraphrase Recognition” ACL Student Research Workshop, Barcelona, Spain. 2005, April. “Sense Disambiguation for Preposition ‘with’” ACL-SIGSEM Workshop on “The Linguistic Dimensions of Prepositions and their Use in Computation Linguistic Formalisms and Applications”, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom. 2006, March. “Assurance-Aware Self-Organization of Sensor Network. Network and Communication System, Chiang Mai, Thailand. SUPPORT External (Funded or Pending) Agency/Source Amount Period Funded Summer Undergraduate Research Department of Commerce, $ 21,598.00 Summer 2007 PI Fellowship (SURF), Gaithersburg, MD. National Institute of Standards and Technology Pending HP Technology Initiative Grant Hewlett Packard $ 19,000.00 1 year Co-PI 2007-2008 Pending Scholarship in STEM (S-STEM) National Science Foundation $ 550,935.00 5 years Co-PI 2007-2012 Pending Historically Black Colleges and Universities Office of Naval Science $ 1,292,276.00 3 years PI (HBCU/MIs) Research and Education 2007-2010 Program (REP) Pending Research on Gender in Science and National Science Foundation $215,625.00 2 years Co-PI Engineering